趣味英语第120期:喜欢的女孩有三个哥哥 怎么让她的哥哥们同意

Kade the Koala¹ asks:

Kade the Koala问道：

"The girl I like has three big brothers. How do I win them over to be okay with dating their sister?"

“我喜欢的那个女孩有三个哥哥。我怎么能赢得他们的信任，让他们允许我和他们的妹妹约会？”

(exhales) This is very hard.

（呼气）这太难了。

They always say the way to a girl's heart is through flowers. The way to a guy's heart is by food. Maybe bring them a snack.

人们总说，送花是赢得女孩芳心的方法。而赢得男孩心的方法是美食。也许你可以给他们买些零食。

I think everybody likes donuts². You could get 'em some donuts, so why not?

我认为所有人都喜欢甜甜圈。你可以给他们买点儿甜甜圈，为什么不呢？

Don't treat them any different and they won't treat you any type of different.

不要以不同的方式对待他们，这样他们对你也不会有任何不同。

If they like video games, play video games with them a lot. Become friends with them.

如果他们喜欢电子游戏，那可以多和他们一起玩电子游戏。通过玩游戏和他们成为朋友。

Figure out which sports they're in, or what are some of their hobbies, and try to get in good with them in that way.

弄清楚他们喜欢哪个体育项目，或是他们都有哪些爱好，然后试着通过那些和他们搞好关系。

In order to win somebody over like that, do something together like bowling³! That's a good one.

为了赢得他人的信任，那就要一起做些什么，比如打保龄球！那是个不错的方法。

Treat the sister with great dignity⁴ and respect, and the brothers will think you're the best.

要给他们的妹妹尊严，也要尊重她，这样她的哥哥们会认为你是最好的。

They are just looking out for the best interests of their little sister, and so if she likes you, then I think that they'll be fine with you dating her.

他们只是在寻找最适合他们妹妹的人，所以，如果她喜欢你，那我认为他们会让你和她约会的。

I have four brothers and, really, there's no secret. You just gotta be cool, be yourself, and don't act like you're gonna do anything to harm their sister.

我有四个兄弟，其实没有什么秘诀。你只要自信一些，做自己，不要表现得像你会伤害他们的妹妹那样就好了。

1 koala   

n.考拉，树袋熊

参考例句：

• The koala is the most popular animal in this zoo.树袋熊是这个动物园里最受欢迎的动物。
• Some species sleep day and night such as the Koala Bear.一些物种白天和夜晚都睡觉，例如树袋熊。

2 donuts   

n. 炸面圈

参考例句：

• As McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts and other fast-food chains moved upmarket, Starbucks looked less distinctive. 随着麦当劳，Dunkin'Donuts以及其它快餐联锁店朝着上流市场发展，星巴克失去了自己的特色。
• You can walk to the bakery to buy donuts! 你可以步行去面包店买油炸圈饼！

3 bowling   

n.保龄球运动

参考例句：

• Bowling is a popular sport with young and old.保龄球是老少都爱的运动。
• Which sport do you 1ike most,golf or bowling?你最喜欢什么运动，高尔夫还是保龄球？

4 dignity   

n.尊严，面子，高贵

参考例句：

• Only a truly free person has human dignity.只有真正自由的人才具有人的尊严。
• He considered the job beneath his dignity.他认为这种工作有失身份。